My ex wife and I went to court a couple of years ago.. We did have joint custody they took that away from me. I was to have web visitation, none of that has happened and she let her drop out of school at 14 and enrolled her in an alternative school without notifying me. Our judgment states she is to keep me informed of any and all changes. Also, I am to have visitation every summer for 4 weeks which has not happened either. I live in SC and they live in MO. I was recently there for 5 weeks and was only allowed to see my daughter twice. Now I find out that her mother has allowed her to move in with her grandmother and has not notified me of this either. Does she have to sign over guardianship to the grandmother in order to enroll her in school and can I file abandonment charges against her mother?

This sounds more like a legal issue. Should this be moved?

Please pay more attention to posting guidelines. There is a Read First sticky in the Children forum (where this was moved from) that directs questions of a legal nature to this forum.

Second, if you had checked out the Family Law section you would have found another Read First sticky about abandonment that would have showed you it doesn't apply here. Check it out for further details.

There is some additional info we need to be able to help you. First, what state were the original orders issued in? Have both of you moved from that jurisdiction? Second, why did you lose joint custody? Third, how long has the mother been defying the court order and what have you done to enforce it?

To answer one of your questions, if the mother lives in the same area as the grandmother then guardianship would not have to be conferred on the grandmother.

If the other partner is not doing the required actions in a court order, you take them back to court for failure to do so.